Betrayed, Then Back For Blood

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Briar sat by the window, already dressed, but no matter what anyone said, she wouldn’t step outside. It wasn’t for any specific reason–just a mix of embarrassment and frustration. The only time she’d ever slipped up handling a weapon was back when she first started training. She never imagined she’d face a very different kind of unexpected discharge today.

Ashton had gone to the guest room and taken a cold shower for half an hour. When he returned, he found Briar still sitting by the window and couldn’t help but chuckle. ‘Shouldn’t I be the one feeling embarrassed here?‘ Ashton

thought.

Caught off guard and nearly losing control, Ashton’s emotions were on a tumultuous rollercoaster. Fortunately, his strong willpower enabled him to suppress his desires, allowing him to walk away just in time.

Ashton approached and gently adjusted Briar’s hair as he asked, “Briar, are you still upset?”

Briar stayed silent, her lips swollen and tender, each movement bringing a faint ache. She still couldn’t believe it- Ashton had kissed her with such intensity it felt like he was trying to consume her whole. If that phone call hadn’t

interrupted him, she might’ve truly been swept away by his hunger.

“No,” Briar muttered. She was mainly frustrated with herself for constantly losing her composure around Ashton, and since becoming his girlfriend, these moments of weakness had become increasingly frequent. The possibility of things continuing to spiral left Briar feeling quietly unsettled.

“Now that you’re no longer upset, how about we head downstairs together and see what Connor and the others

uncovered during the interrogation?” Ashton suggested, crouching down to help her with her shoes.

Briar stared at Ashton in silence, unsure of what to say. “Alright,” she finally agreed. He was being so humble and

trying so hard to please her that she couldn’t ignore him any longer. She nodded, put on her shoes, and followed

Ashton downstairs.

sitting on the couch, chatting. When they saw Ashton and

up. “Mr. Wade, Miss Jennings,” they

onto the couch and nodded at Connor. “How did the

Based on Zayne’s confession, he and Sawyer are involved in an underground lab overseas, where they both hold senior

inside her. Her suspicions were confirmed–Zayne was one of the researchers behind

later, this depression–inducing drug was successfully developed. However, without any clinical trials, no one knew the potential side effects or the severity of harm it could cause to the body. Consequently, they placed ads on obscure websites seeking volunteers. Rosalia Jennings

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among all the victims, her death was

To ensure everything went smoothly, Edgar kept the truth from her, falsely claiming it was merely a special health supplement he had

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bliss of newlywed life, completely enamored with Edgar. She accepted his words without question and took the pills he suggested without hesitation. As a result, Rosalia lost her sanity, fled from home, and ultimately

“good Samaritan” that the underground lab where Zayne worked discovered she was the heiress of the

truth would be revealed and that the Grant family would seek revenge, the underground lab had promptly ceased all clinical trials of the new drug and had destroyed all related evidence. It was also why, to this day, the Grant family had been unable to locate any trace

to disclose the precise location of the underground lab overseas. She had already shared this information with the DDC Vanguard Base and

captured Zayne because the underground lab he worked for had

Mercenary Organization for their experiments. They even went

Mercenary Organization, all to achieve better experimental

hunt for every researcher connected to the underground lab.

many concealed secrets. Considering what happened to Briar’s mother, Zayne and everyone

lightly. Don’t act rashly,” Ashton